Noise

Have I talked yet about how noisy it is here? I can't remember. I'm going to talk about it.

It's so loud here. Everything is loud. I think I complained about this in a previous post in which I ranted about all things Nepal. As I've settled in and adjusted to the culture, this may be one of the things I'll never get used to. Everywhere we go it is loud. Right now the tv is blaring, there is a child toddling around who will undoubtedly start screaming in the next five minutes, and music can always be heard from down the street. I use the word music loosely. And don't get me started on the dogs. Roosters I can handle, but dogs all night? Nope.

Our favorite part of the trip so far, our little lookout on the mountain (foothill) used to be the quiet place where we could get away, and it will be again very soon. However, with Dasain still lingering, (seriously longest holiday ever) our little sanctuary of peace has even been transformed into a blaring speaker of heinous music. Yes, I understand that they find their music beautiful and alluring. But hell, no I do not agree. And while I like to think I am accepting and open-minded, that music is where I draw the line. It's like screaming cats and squeaky mice and screeching kids were thrown into a room together with drums, a sitar, and an out-of-tune clarinet, and asked to see who could make the others' ears bleed first. And they all won. And kept going.

There is one loud sound, however, which warms my heart on this trip. It has faded in the last few minutes, and the enormously loud sound of the television is now blasting into our sweet little room, but for ten lovely minutes it roared outside our doors like a comfy blanket. The rain. It quiets the dogs. It drowns out the music from the temple. It sounds like a storm at the cottage and waves on the beach joined in a chorus with the most peaceful, contented sigh. In case you hadn't guessed, I love the rain. So rain, rain come every night. Clear up every day so we can walk to work, and stay away during our trek, but come on and rain all night in Pokhara.